Time: 9.15 am.

day: Tuesday.

place: Hyderabad (om's house).

"anika" - he whispered with much love. she can able to sense the love in his tone which can't resist herself from hugging him tightly. he hugged her back tightly.

"stop it ... you married me just for money... there's no love between us... you're nothing but a gol.." - shivaay's words started to bang inside her head.

STOP... - he said where she stopped to think about and gathered the courage to open her eyes. 

even though it's difficult for her after all the happenings, then too, she opened her eyes. because of the warmness in his touch conveyed everything to her, how much he loved her? and how much he still loves her? by then she felt the kiss on her forehead which again conveyed her that he will always love like this whatever happens.

she opened her eyes where her tears also wished to see him, so they rushed uncontrollably. shivaay wrapped his hands around her and pulled her too close so that even air can't able to separate them. where anika also pulled him so closely where both can actually feel each other's temperature. there's no courage left in anika to raise her head and face him, so she buried her face in his neck crook. shivaay also present there in the same mental position. the guilt stopped them to have any conversations but shivaay didn't loosen his grip. which show them how they both missed each other. 

anika... - shivaay broke the ice, but anika broke down after hearing her name from his mouth. hours before, she started to hate everything that her parents given to her, including her body and her name. but when shivaay called her name, she again fell in love with her name. which can't resist herself from breaking down.

hearing her weepings and feeling her tears in his chest, he can't resist his tears to come out. he cried along with her where his teardrop fell on her forehead. she stopped crying in a jerk. the girl who had no courage to face him just raised her head and wiped his tears. 

sorry... - at last words slipped from his mouth, while cuddling her tighter than ever. she immediately kissed his cheeks where tears are flowing uncontrollably from their eyes and whispered "sorry" in his ears.

for leaving me alone? - shivaay asked her with little anger in his tone but he didn't loosen his grip, just holding her very close to her.

she nodded no and said: "for playing with your fee" shivaay kissed her even before she completed her sentence. its not the sudden kiss, he don't want to hear those words from her mouth, he knew she realized the mistakes but that's enough for him, he don't need anything more than that.

for anika the kiss did magic in her heart where all the pain, guilt and betrayal left without leaving any trace, he kissed him back with equal passion where her kiss conveyed how much she missed him and his pamper. they broke the kiss and ended up in looking at each other's face where the smile of completeness covered both of their faces.

they both chuckled and they both got relieved that everything becomes normal. where shivaay said with assurance, "you love me". where anika ruffled his hair,  pulled him towards her and said: "more than you think" where a lone tear escaped from her eyes. he immediately kissed her tears and said: "sorry for that". anika understood what he was talking about, she controlled her laugh and looked at him, face to face. 

"you thought i didn't notice your blue and yellow striped boxers when you are pretending to be with that girl" - anika asked him, where shivaay's eyes came out in shock where she chuckled and pulled his shocking cheeks. 

"you knew it" - the only words slipped from his mouth after getting caught red-handedly. where she cupped her mouth to control her laugh and gulped her saliva. 

"i am your wife... and i know very well about my husband. even though he wishes he can't able to sleep with another woman, not because he's loyal, yeah he's loyal but he's too shy to handle... only me, i mean his wife can only able to handle him" - anika said while controlling her laugh where his jaw dropped in shock, she's right ... absolutely right because the only anika can able to handle her chuimui Singh Oberoi. 

shivaay felt ashamed of being caught where anika continues to laugh to the hell. "anika stop" - he said in a calm tone, she didn't obey. "ANIKA, FINGER ON YOUR LIPS" he yelled immediately where she instantly kept her finger in his lips. 

"your lips, dammit" - he yelled where she didn't move her fingers from his lips. 

"hayyee... liar, liar pants on fire... you only said we both are one... so technically that's my lips, not yours..." - she said in an innocent tone and shivaay can't able to stop himself after seeing her cute expressions. in no time, he came top to her and smashed his lips on hers. 

"shivaay" "shivaay" ... she tried to break in between but he didn't listen to her, with no other option left she pushed him from the bed and he fell down on the floor.

ouch... - he keens in pain. "madwoman" - he swore her.

"you didn't brush" - anika said where he gave an impossible look and said, "ma'am you also didn't brush today"

"yeah, but you didn't brush for the past two days... you smell too bad... yuck" - anika gave a disgusting look. where shivaay just looked at her and thought, for the past two days, i forgot everything and searched her, roaming from north to south in our country and at last, found her ... but she hell care about i brushed or not... great"

"what are you thinking?... go and brush or maintain distance" - anika stated where he stood up and forcefully scooped her in his hands.

"what are you doing?" - anika asked him while jerking from his grip but our SSO is stronger than our wonder women.

"i care about Hyderabad, i don't want to leave this place with water scarcity ... so going to save the water by working out with you" -  shivaay said while scooping her in his arms.

"working out?" - anika asked him suspiciously.

"i mean we are going to take shower together" - shivaay said where anika nodded no and jerked from his hands. he took her towards the washroom and opened the door.

both anika and shivaay were shocked to see om holding Gauri like shivaay and entered into the bathroom from another door where shivaay shockingly looked at anika, where she can't able to control her laughter.

good morning om... - anika greeted her with teasing smile where shivaay took her back to their room and closed the bathroom door in embarrassment. 

is this jack and Jill bathroom? - shivaay asked her while safely placing her in the bed. 

(jack and jill bathroom, It's a bathroom shared between two bedrooms, with doors entering from each room)

she nodded and fell down on the bed in laughter, where he laughed in embarrassment and awkwardness created a while ago.

after a few hours, all the two couples met in the dining hall where anika smiled but shivaay glared at her and nodded no. so she gestured like zipping her mouth. but she can't able to control her laughter when om made an entry. she burst. shivaay, om, and Gauri joined after her. 

c'mon guys... we are adults... - anika said when everyone started to laugh.

see, who is saying that? - om said to shivaay. 

its all fate bro... - shivaay replied where anika looked at him shockingly, the first question ran into her mind, how shivaay get to know about this place? and second how om and shivaay become so thick friends within a few hours. so she decided to ask.

"shivaay, how did you come to know about this place? i never talked about om to you ... then how?" - anika asked shivaay in a confused tone.

"forget, you're married to Shivaay Singh Oberoi" - shivaay asked her.

"then, how you both become so close?" - anika asked them suspiciously.

"one glue named anika stuck us" - om replied with a smile.

"nice one... om" - shivaay gave hi-fi to him where anika signed and concentrated on food.

"Jokes apart, anu ... i booked an appointment with our chief for you in 2 hours...  be ready..." -  om said and left to the hospital.

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shivika went to the hospital hearing om's words and doctor along with anika came after checking up her. shivaay becomes a little anxious.

"everything is normal, the baby is healthy... but need to take care of mom's health more... stay away from stress" - the chief doctor advised them and shivaay got relieved. 

"thank god" - he whispered after taking a deep breath while walking on the corridor. without thinking for a while, anika kissed his cheeks. where he turns around and wrapped his hands around her waist and went towards the entrance.

oops... ani... i left my phone in doctors cabin itself. - shivaay said and left. 

after a few seconds, anika felt a touch on her shoulder. she suspected it to be shivaay but she witnessed her mom in return with swollen eyes, for a while, she becomes shocked to see her in that condition.

"what happened? mo (she stopped while recalling her words)". - anika was about to cup her face.

"hari met with an accident"- her mom said while wiping her tears.

"what?" - anika asked her shockingly.

"yes, doctors saying that he got paralyzed and they can't able to cure him..." - her mom said. 

"paralyzed?? how ??- anika asked her where she just wiped her tears.

"don't know how we are going to survive? loads of debts... don't know what to do?" - her mom said where anika traced out the reason behind her sweet talks. 

"anika" - she heard shivaay's voice from behind.

"yeah" - she replied. 

"are you busy? i mean you know her?" - shivaay asked her.

"yeah... i mean no... she's ...nothing..." - anika said where shivaay quickly wrapped her hands around her shoulder, gave a quick smile to her mom and left the place with a smirk covering his face.

(a/n: ok guys... how was the second last chapter?... as i already told its a short story ... do you guys liked this story?... please review it guys ... it will be useful for me to correct my mistakes... love you guys thank you for reading)